Ken Clarke was pronouncing on Radio 4 several days ago that in the eighties people were calling for nationalisation to save British industry. He claimed the idea that the UK will collapse unless the government steps in has been heard before and is tired old nonsense. He seemed to think that history and the magic of free […]
Government intervention is vital to save steel and reverse industrial decline
Apr 15th, 2016 by Steve Laughton.
Labour foreign policy: our heads must rule our hearts
Dec 21st, 2015 by Steve Laughton.If the Labour Party’s foreign policy is to make sense it must be based on a careful analysis of the long term agenda of the neo-con Washington consensus. In the UK the establishment now faces an opposition that dares to challenge this consensus: a consensus which plays out at a national and international level. The Labour […]
